Original Story -After a strong start to E3 2018 courtesy of EA Play yesterday, Microsoft has the challenge of taking up the baton and showing us what it's got today.

The Microsoft Xbox E3 2018 press conference is on June 10 - a full two days before the E3 show kicks off properly.

The conference has previously been used by Microsoft to show off exclusive titles, new IPs and state of the art hardware (the Xbox One X was originally shown off at Microsoft's E3 presser, for example).

You can expect the presser to last anywhere between 60/90 minutes, if previous showcases are anything to go by.

This year, you can likely expect Xbox and Microsoft to really bring out the big guns and roll out some massive exclusives - the company has been killing it on the hardware front recently, but its software has left a lot to be desired.

Fans across the world can tune into the press conference live stream at 9pm BST, which we'll have embedded above closer to the time.

Xbox One E3 2018: Games rumoured to be in development

A selection of games rumoured to be in development and coming to Xbox One X in the future..

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WHAT CAN FANS EXPECT TO SEE AT MICROSOFT'S E3 2018 SHOWCASE?

It's almost guaranteed that we'll see more of Crackdown 3 at this event. The game has been paraded on Microsoft pressers and advertising for years at this point, and has suffered delay after delay, pretty much since the creation of the Xbox One.

We're sure we'll get a new release date announcement today.

As sure as night follows day, we'll also see a new Forza game - there's one every year at this point. This year, we're expecting the reveal of Forza Horizon 4 - which is apparently going to be set in Britain this time, if rumours prove true. Interesting.

Expect an announcement and release date for this year.

This year's multiplayer hit Sea of Thieves will likely get time to show off what's next on its roadmap, too - with a DLC tease and maybe even a surprise announcement that some new content is available right away.

Teased a few years back, but operating in the dark for a while, we expect to see more from Ori & the Will of the Wisps, too - the follow up to the much-loved Ori & The Blind Forest from 2015 (and one of Xbox's best exclusives).

Rumours abound that a new Fable is in production at Forza studio PlayGround Games, too - we expect that to be confirmed or denied at this years' showing, too.

There's also a chance that we'll see a new Gears of War game at the presser... though Gears developer The Coalition is also reportedly working on a new Perfect Dark game. Bear that in mind.

We'll also almost certainly get more news about backwards compatibility and Minecraft - now both E3 staples for Microsoft.